Quirky's offices occupy the top floor of a great old industrial building in west Chelsea — a former self-storage site that once housed the famed 1980's nightclub The Tunnel. Ben, the company's owner and founder, has created both production space and desktop space that allows the character of the building's industrial past to shine through.

My husband Mike and I live and work in a work/live loft in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood. The loft is almost 2000 square feet, located in an old factory and has no doors other than the one on the bathroom. I am a graphic designer/photographer and Mike is a graphic designer/illustrator and we run a small studio together so we needed a place that has as much space as possible for all of our work stuff as well as our living space.

Industrial chic is quite on trend these days, as a quick look at the shelves of home decor retailers will show you. If you love this look but don't want the same Pottery Barn ceiling lamp that everyone else has, you can easily DIY your own. I love this ceiling fixture made from an old wire basket.

When Maude Lefrancois found out she was pregnant, she decided to change her home office into the nursery — and her desk was the perfect height for a changing table. With a few nuts and bolts, a shelf, and vintage wood crates, she turned her sterile office desk into a warmer industrial changing station with more than enough storage.

The reclaimed wood wall has been popular for a while now, and I’ve been wanting to get the look in my garage. I love the earthy hues and honest feel of reclaimed wood, but after realizing the time it would take to scour Craigslist and salvage yards for enough material, I decided to forego that nightmare and instead pursue a DIY approach using a wood-charring method called Shou Sugi Ban.

Michelle and Nico are one of my favorite couples in San Francisco. They met in a very kismet-type of way: Michelle spotted Nico, a French expat with his own interior architecture and design business (Design By Nico), in a friend's photo and was instantly smitten. She asked for an introduction and love at first sight led to a best-friendship, an Acapulco wedding, and a daughter named Juliette. They are just good people who are always fun to be around.

Anyone else spend a good portion of today in bed wondering how it's going to be possible to step out into the cold? Even if the weather's warm right now where you live, weekends were meant for snuggling in bed and contemplating warm, cozy spaces. Scroll through the ideas found in these rooms — they won't actually raise the temperature, but they sure might make you feel a bit warmer today.

They're not just for the holidays anymore. String lighting is a fast, easy and inexpensive way to add a soft (and yes, festive) glow to the living room, bedroom or anywhere else in the home. When tossed casually over a frame or hung in a messy loop from a hook, string lights are very "Look how chic I am without even trying." Which is what we're all after, isn't it?